27591. Any enforcement officer may do any of the following:
(a) Enter and inspect any place or conveyance within the county or
district over which he has supervision, where any eggs are produced,
candled, incubated, stored, packed, prepared, delivered for
shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold.
(b) Inspect the eggs and their containers and equipment which are
found in any place or conveyance which he is authorized to enter and
inspect.
(c) Take for inspection and hold as evidence, if necessary,
representative samples of the eggs and containers, for the purpose of
determining whether or not any provision of this chapter or
regulation adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter has been
violated.
27592. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter or
any regulations adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter,
issue a hold card for all or any part of any pack, load, lot,
consignment, or shipment of eggs which are packed, stored, delivered
for shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold in violation of
any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to
this chapter.
27593. A commissioner in each county or the director shall perform
a point-of-origin inspection on the eggs in the county of their
origin to ensure that the eggs inspected meet all applicable
regulations.
The inspections performed under this section shall include
inspections at shell egg packing plants and major distribution
points.
Regulations adopted to implement this section shall be developed
in consultation with the Shell Egg Advisory Committee.
27594. (a) The director, or the commissioner under the direction
and supervision of the director, shall inspect eggs at the point of
destination upon the request of a retailer or a consumer. The
director, or the commissioner under the direction and supervision of
the director, may also perform this inspection when he or she has
probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter, or a
regulation adopted thereunder, is presently occurring or has recently
occurred.
(b) In addition, retail inspection for monitoring purposes may be
conducted by the commissioners.
27595. The enforcing officer may, and, if requested by an enforcing
officer of the state or county of destination, shall, affix a
warning to any vehicle or other means of transportation, or to any
eggs not previously available for inspection in California unless
accompanied by a federal certificate of grade, whether or not the
eggs are exempt from the standards, and serve a disposal order upon
the owner or person that has custody or possession of any load or
lot.
27596. The warning notice, and disposal order which directs the
proper disposition of eggs, and the disposal order receipt to be
signed by an enforcing officer at destination which confirms that
disposition, shall be in the form which is specified by, and provided
by, the director.
27597. The enforcing officer at the point of destination of a load
or lot shall determine that the load or lot has been delivered to the
consignee at the destination which is specified in the order and
shall then release the load or lot and countersign the disposal order
receipt so given to him or her. He or she shall immediately forward
the receipt to the enforcing officer who served the disposal order.
27598. It is unlawful for any person to deliver any eggs which are
subject to a disposal order to any person or destination except the
person or destination which is shown on the disposal order, unless he
or she is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an
enforcing officer.
27599. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of any eggs which
are subject to a disposal order prior to the release in writing of
the load or lot by the enforcing officer at the point of destination.
This section does not, however, make it unlawful for any person to
unload and store any eggs which are subject to a disposal order.
27600. It is unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any eggs
for which a disposal order has been issued, in any manner or for any
purpose except the manner or purpose for which the disposal order was
issued, unless the person is specifically authorized in writing to
do so by an enforcement officer.
27591. Any enforcement officer may do any of the following:
(a) Enter and inspect any place or conveyance within the county or
district over which he has supervision, where any eggs are produced,
candled, incubated, stored, packed, prepared, delivered for
shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold.
(b) Inspect the eggs and their containers and equipment which are
found in any place or conveyance which he is authorized to enter and
inspect.
(c) Take for inspection and hold as evidence, if necessary,
representative samples of the eggs and containers, for the purpose of
determining whether or not any provision of this chapter or
regulation adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter has been
violated.
27592. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter or
any regulations adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter,
issue a hold card for all or any part of any pack, load, lot,
consignment, or shipment of eggs which are packed, stored, delivered
for shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold in violation of
any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to
this chapter.
27593. A commissioner in each county or the director shall perform
a point-of-origin inspection on the eggs in the county of their
origin to ensure that the eggs inspected meet all applicable
regulations.
The inspections performed under this section shall include
inspections at shell egg packing plants and major distribution
points.
Regulations adopted to implement this section shall be developed
in consultation with the Shell Egg Advisory Committee.
27594. (a) The director, or the commissioner under the direction
and supervision of the director, shall inspect eggs at the point of
destination upon the request of a retailer or a consumer. The
director, or the commissioner under the direction and supervision of
the director, may also perform this inspection when he or she has
probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter, or a
regulation adopted thereunder, is presently occurring or has recently
occurred.
(b) In addition, retail inspection for monitoring purposes may be
conducted by the commissioners.
27595. The enforcing officer may, and, if requested by an enforcing
officer of the state or county of destination, shall, affix a
warning to any vehicle or other means of transportation, or to any
eggs not previously available for inspection in California unless
accompanied by a federal certificate of grade, whether or not the
eggs are exempt from the standards, and serve a disposal order upon
the owner or person that has custody or possession of any load or
lot.
27596. The warning notice, and disposal order which directs the
proper disposition of eggs, and the disposal order receipt to be
signed by an enforcing officer at destination which confirms that
disposition, shall be in the form which is specified by, and provided
by, the director.
27597. The enforcing officer at the point of destination of a load
or lot shall determine that the load or lot has been delivered to the
consignee at the destination which is specified in the order and
shall then release the load or lot and countersign the disposal order
receipt so given to him or her. He or she shall immediately forward
the receipt to the enforcing officer who served the disposal order.
27598. It is unlawful for any person to deliver any eggs which are
subject to a disposal order to any person or destination except the
person or destination which is shown on the disposal order, unless he
or she is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an
enforcing officer.
27599. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of any eggs which
are subject to a disposal order prior to the release in writing of
the load or lot by the enforcing officer at the point of destination.
This section does not, however, make it unlawful for any person to
unload and store any eggs which are subject to a disposal order.
27600. It is unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any eggs
for which a disposal order has been issued, in any manner or for any
purpose except the manner or purpose for which the disposal order was
issued, unless the person is specifically authorized in writing to
do so by an enforcement officer.
27591. Any enforcement officer may do any of the following:
(a) Enter and inspect any place or conveyance within the county or
district over which he has supervision, where any eggs are produced,
candled, incubated, stored, packed, prepared, delivered for
shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold.
(b) Inspect the eggs and their containers and equipment which are
found in any place or conveyance which he is authorized to enter and
inspect.
(c) Take for inspection and hold as evidence, if necessary,
representative samples of the eggs and containers, for the purpose of
determining whether or not any provision of this chapter or
regulation adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter has been
violated.
27592. Any enforcement officer may, while enforcing this chapter or
any regulations adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter,
issue a hold card for all or any part of any pack, load, lot,
consignment, or shipment of eggs which are packed, stored, delivered
for shipment, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold in violation of
any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to
this chapter.
27593. A commissioner in each county or the director shall perform
a point-of-origin inspection on the eggs in the county of their
origin to ensure that the eggs inspected meet all applicable
regulations.
The inspections performed under this section shall include
inspections at shell egg packing plants and major distribution
points.
Regulations adopted to implement this section shall be developed
in consultation with the Shell Egg Advisory Committee.
27594. (a) The director, or the commissioner under the direction
and supervision of the director, shall inspect eggs at the point of
destination upon the request of a retailer or a consumer. The
director, or the commissioner under the direction and supervision of
the director, may also perform this inspection when he or she has
probable cause to believe that a violation of this chapter, or a
regulation adopted thereunder, is presently occurring or has recently
occurred.
(b) In addition, retail inspection for monitoring purposes may be
conducted by the commissioners.
27595. The enforcing officer may, and, if requested by an enforcing
officer of the state or county of destination, shall, affix a
warning to any vehicle or other means of transportation, or to any
eggs not previously available for inspection in California unless
accompanied by a federal certificate of grade, whether or not the
eggs are exempt from the standards, and serve a disposal order upon
the owner or person that has custody or possession of any load or
lot.
27596. The warning notice, and disposal order which directs the
proper disposition of eggs, and the disposal order receipt to be
signed by an enforcing officer at destination which confirms that
disposition, shall be in the form which is specified by, and provided
by, the director.
27597. The enforcing officer at the point of destination of a load
or lot shall determine that the load or lot has been delivered to the
consignee at the destination which is specified in the order and
shall then release the load or lot and countersign the disposal order
receipt so given to him or her. He or she shall immediately forward
the receipt to the enforcing officer who served the disposal order.
27598. It is unlawful for any person to deliver any eggs which are
subject to a disposal order to any person or destination except the
person or destination which is shown on the disposal order, unless he
or she is specifically authorized in writing to do so by an
enforcing officer.
27599. It is unlawful for any person to dispose of any eggs which
are subject to a disposal order prior to the release in writing of
the load or lot by the enforcing officer at the point of destination.
This section does not, however, make it unlawful for any person to
unload and store any eggs which are subject to a disposal order.
27600. It is unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any eggs
for which a disposal order has been issued, in any manner or for any
purpose except the manner or purpose for which the disposal order was
issued, unless the person is specifically authorized in writing to
do so by an enforcement officer.
